An Open Letter to Steve Ballmer
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| I know you want to make your mark on Microsoft, but you should stop trying to
| be all things to all people. Take a tip on focus from that other Steve
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| And Microsoft's Internet acquisitions? None of recent note come to mind
| except for the advertising outfit aQuantive—another catch-up play. And
| Microsoft has bungled the older ones I can remember. WebTV was a dud before
| you bought it. After buying Hotmail in 1998, your heavy-handed company ruined
| a blessedly simple e-mail service, saddling it with ads and "convenient"
| integrations with other MSN services. And as for your own innovations?
| Please. Smart Displays and SPOT watches certainly looked cool in the
| promotional videos at CES. Duds both.
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You know what you need Steve? Focus.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2008/tc2008027_990635.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
Ballmer is insane. He wants to win everything, so he loses billions everywhere
but the cash cows.
Ballmer: Free software means no free soda
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| As in the past, the student questions were well-informed and incisive --
| including this one from a student watching the event remotely at a Microsoft
| location in Charlotte, N.C.: "In the future, does Microsoft plan to do an
| open-source version of Windows?"
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| "No," Ballmer said, without hesitation.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/131418.asp
Related:
Dear Mr. Gates: save Vista, open-source it
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| Although Microsoft may claim otherwise, Vista, from both from a technical
| and business point of view, is proving to be a failure. Why not turn it
| over to people who have shown time after time that they can deliver
| the goods?
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2930812631.html
Microsoft and the American way
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| An interesting side-note on the potential Yahoo-Microsoft deal: Microsoft has
| only $17B in cash/liquid reserves, but has bid $44.6B for Yahoo.
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http://warpedvisions.org/2008/02/03/microsoft-and-the-american-way/
A Dozen Stocks For '07
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| Millen also thinks $36 billion in planned share buybacks
| will help the stock.
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http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/05/stocks-markets-investing-pf-ii-cz_ag_1205stockpicks.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/yjzfbo
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